Tim Carney

Ideological and Political Disclosure
Last updated May 9, 2016

In case it doesn't come through in my writing, here's what I believe:

I'm a Catholic, and I like to consider myself an orthodox Catholic. My wife and I try to raise our kids according to Catholic teaching.

I describe myself as both conservative and libertarian. Some people object to one or the other labels applying to me. I have described my political prescriptions as "free-market populism" and "libertarian populism."

The political argument on which I spend the most time, energy, and thought is that big government--in the form of regulations, subsidies, mandates, et cetera--frequently benefits the big and politically connected, hurting consumers, small competitors, and taxpayers. Folks often describe my beat as battling "corporate welfare," and "crony capitalism." This is the subject of both of my books.

I registered as a Republican in March 2016 so that I can vote in the Maryland primary in April. I voted against Donald Trump. After the primary, I registered with the Libertarian Party. I do not plan to vote for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. I haven't decided whether I will vote for a third-party candidate or write in a candidate.

Financial Disclosure
Last updated August 30, 2016

My full-time employer is the Washington Examiner. The Examiner is owned by Clarity Media, which is owned by Philip Anschutz.

My secondary employer is the American Enterprise Institute, where I am a visiting fellow. I understand AEI to be funded by corporations, individuals, and foundations. I play no role in fundraising. I have spoken to representatives of non-profit foundations that donate, but never with corporate donors.

Here, to the best of my knowledge, are all the other organizations that have paid me or provided me paid travel or lodging in the past twelve months or with whom I currently have an agreement to do work:

Federalist Society, speaker. I speak on religious liberty, regulation, lobbying, campaign finance, the revolving door, corruption, and the law at Federalist Society student chapters. Some of my speaking in past years has been part of a series sponsored by the Templeton Foundation. I don’t know anything else about FedSoc’s funding. Federalist Society pays me an honorarium and reimburses travel costs. I am also booked to speak at a federalist society lawyers' chapter in Milwaukee.

National Journalism Centerspeaker. I speak to NJC interns about reporting and opinion writing. NJC is a project of Young Amer